On 12 and 13 May 2016 the workshop ‘Radical Temporality: Law, Order and
Resistance’ was held at the IISL. The concept of radical temporality
expresses that every legal and political order, and social order in
general, is temporary and contingent. Every type of social order is
dynamic in the sense that it is bound to change through forces within
or outside this order. This also entails that resistance against order
is ingrained in that very same order and its structures. Practices of
resistance are an inevitable part of social order. In this workshop
practices of resistance (actions, groups and movements) in society that
challenge the existing order in a more or less fundamental way were
discussed. The workshop consisted of theoretical and normative
reflections on the relationship between order and resistance on the one
hand and empirical investigations into contemporary practices of
resistance (e.g., the Podemos movement in Spain, populism in Western
Europe and the US and symbolic resistance in Russia). The approach was
interdisciplinary: the workshop brought together sociological,
legal-philosophical and political-philosophical perspectives on order
and resistance. The discussion was very lively and fruitful.
Participants were: Lyana Francot-Timmermans and Bart van Klink
(organizers), Sophie Mommers and Briain Jansen (chairs and
organizational support), Luigi Corrias, Jaye Ellis, Thijs Jansen, Laura
Henderson, Lucia Lapenta, Heather McKnight, Nomi Claire Lazar, Andreas
Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos and Jiri Priban. Moreover, two students
participated in the workshop: Ursus Eijkelenberg and Marisela López
Zaldívar.
